Edward Hector - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Edward Hector - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Edward "Ned" Hector (born about 1744) was an African American soldier who fought in the American Revolutionary War. Hector was one of three to five thousand people of color that fought for the cause of American independence.Grundset, Eric G., Forgotten Patriots, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, (2008), pages 703 - 707Lewis, Noah Being Edward Hector - The Life and Times of a Black Revolutionary War Hero Bulletin of the Historical Society of Montgomery County Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Montgomery County, (1913) Vol.XXXVI, No.4, page 19 He served as a teamster (a wagon driver)Reist, Arthur The Conestoga Wagon-Masterpiece of the Blacksmith p.49;Rees, John U. Wagons and Watercraft During the War for Independence and a bombardier (part of an artillery crew) with the state militia called Proctor's Third Pennsylvania Artillery,Pennsylvania Archives - 5th series – vol.#3, page 1054-1057 which by the end of 1777 became the Fourth Continental Artillery.Trussell, John B. B. The Pennsylvania Line: Regimental Organization and Operations, 1775-1783 page 205 The known battles he participated in are the Battle of Brandywine (September 11, 1777) and Germantown (October 4, 1777).The Journal of the (Pennsylvania) House of Representatives, 1826-1827, p.493-494, Report #218 Read more on Wikipedia
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